Toy



E. R. RABEL Nov. 5, 1935.

TOY

Filed Feb. 15, 1953 Patented Nov. 5, 1935 mm STATES eArENr crates Ernest R. Rabel, WestLafayette, Ind. I Application February 15, 1933', Serial No. 656,927

. 4 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide ,an

amusing plaything in an exaggerated resemblance to a living object, such as a human being or an animal.

5 The invention consists of a body supplied with movable parts in the form of freely articulated ball chains, which parts may represent the arms, legs, tails and other movable parts of a human being or a brute, and a changeable or reversible 10 head or a fixed head in one piece with the body, as I will proceed now to explain more fully and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like 15 parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the invention embodied in an exaggerated human image. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing one form of changeable or reversible face insert in the head. Fig. 3

20 is a cross section of another form of face insert. Fig. 4 illustrates still another construction of head and face. Fig. 5 represents, in elevation, the head, face and part of the body as in one piece, and Fig, 6 is a longitudinal section on line 86 25 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 illustrates, in elevation, the invention as applied in a conventional cat-like figure or image.

The body I may be of metal, wood or other material.

posite sides at the top and other flexible mem-- bers 3 projecting from its lower portion. These flexible members may be made up of ball chains 5 articulated so as to be freely movable; or instead of balls the flexible members may be of beads of metal or other material strung together. In the case of the flexible members 2, their ends may be supplied with larger balls or representations 4 of hands 4 and the flexible members 3 may terminate also in balls 5 or representations of feet. To carry out the suggested idea of the image of a human being, the top of the body member I may have a neck portion 6 to which is supplied 45 a head member I secured thereto by a pin or brad 8. This head 7 may be of rubber in the form of a ring, and this ring may be provided with holes 9 to which an elastic or other sus- 50 pending cord i is applied. The ring-like head painted or otherwise constructed to represent a human face. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 this face piece may be set in a groove I 2 in the interior 55 of the ring, same being sprung into place and Depending upon the type or style of 30 toy that is desired, this body is provided with provides for the reception of a face piece ll capable of being replaced by another face piece. Or the face piece H may have on its periphery the laterally projecting portions l3, see Fig. 3, which will straddle the inside of the ring or head in order to hold it in place.

A further modification of the face piece is shown in Fig. 4, as a solid II" with a grooved periphery M so that it may be snapped into the head or ring.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the head and face 10 piece maybe a single structure, in one piece with the body, as indicated at l5-and I6, respectively, and both head and body may be of curved outline.

As shown in Fig. 7, a combined head and face piece may represent the head of an animal having ears, as shown at Ill, and this piece ll may be attached to or made as a part of the body [8. This body may be supplied with pairs of flexible articulated projections l9 and which may represent the four legs of an animal, and may 20 also have the flexible projection 2i representing the tail of an animal.

The face piece may have the same or different pictures on opposite sides, painted or otherwise produced; and as also already intimated these face pieces may be interchangeable.

Moreover, if desired, the ring-like head member 1 may be made integral with the body member I, and both of these members may be made of rubber or similar resilient material, or may be made of any other suitable material desired.

When the toy is agitated, that is to say, is moved up and down or in any other direction, the flexible portions have a noisy,- loose, irregular or jumpy motion which adds to its attractive or interest-compelling character. When, however, the toy is suspended or supported at rest the flexible portions dangle or depend flaccidly therefrom.

Variations in the details of construction are 0 permissible within the principle of the invention and the scope of the claims following.

What I claim is:

A toy, having a body representing an animate object, and means representing a plurality of limbs carried by said body, each of said limbrepresenting means comprising a plurality of freely articulated members, relatively attached solely by the direct connection of the one to the other, and arranged to dangle from the body and capable of free and unrestricted movement in all directions with respect to the body when agitated and to depend flaccidly therefrom when at rest.

2. A toy, having a body representing an animate object, and means representing a plurality of 5 limbs carried by said body, each of said limbrepresenting means comprising a plurality of interconnected freely articulated members in the form of a conventional ball chain arranged to dangle from the body and capable of free and unrestricted movement in all directions with respect to the body when agitated and to depend flaccidly therefrom when at rest.

3. A toy, having a head-forming member including a separate face piece, and a body, and representing an animate object, said head-forming member and body being fixedly connected, and the face piece arranged in frictional engagement with the head-forming member, and means representing a plurality of limbs carried by said body, each of said limb-representing means comprising a plurality of freely articulated members, relatively attached solely by the direct connection of the one to the other, and arranged to dangle from the body and capable of free and unrestricted movement in all directions with respect to the body when agitated and to depend flaccidly therefrom when at rest.

4. A toy, representing an animate object, having a body, and a head on the body, said head being in the form of a ring and provided with a face piece set in said ring, said face piece bearing the representation of a face and being removable from and replaceable in said ring, and means representing a plurality of limbs carried by said body, each of said Inn-representing means comprising a plurality of freely articulated members, relatively attached solely by the direct connection of the one to the other, and arranged to dangle from the body and capable of free and unrestricted movement in all directions with respect to the body when agitated and to depend flaccidly therefrom when at rest.

ERNEST R. RABEL. 

